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(No Model) LAMP.

Patented MaLZO, 1883.

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LAMP,

Patented Mar.20,.1883

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH I-IINKS, F BIRMINGHAM, COUNTY OF WARWICK, ENGLAND} LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,327, dated March20, 1883.

Application filed January 16, 1883. (No model.) Patented in England May13, 1889, No. 2,265, and in Belgium December 20, 1882.

To all whom it may concern application for German patent, dated 14th DetE E, of the burner.

cember, 188? and for Austro-Hungarian pat ent,dated 21st December,1882,) of which the following is a specification.

In an application of even date I have described and claimed certainparts of la mps, having for their objects to facilitate the trimming andlighting of lamps and the filling of the oilreservoirs.

The present application consists of the further improvements,hereinafter described and illustratedin the accompanying drawingsdiavingthe same objects.

Figures 1 and 2 represent side elevations, taken at right angles to oneanother, of a lamp constructed according to my invention 5 and Fig.3represents the same View as Fig.1 after the gallery and burner have beenraised.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figs. 1, 2, andH O is the sliding gallery, and D is the sliding burner, the said burnerbeing furnished with two external rods, E E, and two internal rods,

-F F, and the gallery 0 is furnished with two tubes, H H, for slidingupon the external rods, The internalrods, FF of the burner slide inguide-tubes B carried by the fixed mount B. The internal rod F of themade in ittfor the spring-bolt L, carried by the mount B, to engage withfor fixing the burner in its depressed and raised positions,respectively, and the rod F is provided with a stopshoulder, K for thespringbolt L to engage with to prevent the complete withdrawal of theburner from the lamp. Each of the outer rods, E E, of the burner D isprovided with two notches, M and N, for the spring-bolts P P on thetubes H H of the gallery 0 toengage with forfixin g the galleryin itsdepressed and raisedpositions, respectively. \Vhen the gallery 0 andburner D are in the lowered positions, Figs. 1 and 2, the gallery 0 isfixed in that position by the spring-bolts P P, engaging with the lowernotches, N N, in the rods E E, and the burner D is fixed in its loweredposition by the spring-bolt L engaging with the notch I in the rod F;

, In order to raise the gallery (J for lighting the lamp or trimming thewicks, the springbolts P P are pulled outward by acting on theirthumb-plates, so as to withdraw them from the notches N N in the rodsEE,and the gallery can now be raised into the position represented inFig. 3, and is fixed in that post-- tion by the springbolts P P,engaging with the top notches, M M, in the rods E E.

For raising the burner the spring-bolt L I 3, the bolt L snaps under theshoulder K on the rod F and fixes the burner in its raised position.

To completely remove the gallery and burner from the oil-reservoir A,itis only necessary to press inward the spring-bolts L and If, when thecombined gallery and burner may be lifted from the reservoir forcleaning or repair or other purpose,

To remove the, gallery without .the burner the screw-knobs E E on therods E E are unscrewed, and the gallery untastened by pulling outwardthe bolts]? P, when the gallery may be lifted from the said rods E E.

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent another arrangement for fastening thesliding gallerylastdescribed in its raised and lowered positions,respectively, Fig. 4 showing the gallery in its lowered position, andFigs. 5 and 6 in its raised position. In this arrangementl dispense withthe spring-bolts PP and notches M M N N, and I use in place thereot'adouble spring-catch fastening, Q It, at opposite sides of the gallery,the said spring-catch fastening somewhat resemblin g an ordinaryumbrella-fastening. The said double fastening is situated in alongitudinal slot made in the lower part of the rod E, fixed to theburner D; or tubes may be used in place of rods. The catch or shoulderparts of the double spring-fastenin gs, when atliberty to move, projectbeyond the slots in which they work, as seen in Fig. 6. The bottom ofeach sliding tube H on the gallery 0 is slotted at H for the catches orshoulders of the bottom fastenings, Q Q, to spring into when the galleryisin thelowered position, Fig. 4, the catches or shoulders of the topfastenings, R B, being maintained within their slots in the rods E E bythe outer tubes,HH, on the gallery. hen it is wished to raise thegallery (J the lower fastening ofeach double fastening is pressedinward. The gallery is thereby released and may be raised on the rods EE into the position represented in Figs. 5 and 6, on reaching whichposition the spring-fastenings are completely uncovered and the catchesor shoulders of the upper fastenings, RIt, are projected outward underthe bottoms ofthe sliding tubes H H, and thereby support and fix thegallery in its raised position.

In order to lower the gallery 0, the catches or shoulders of the upperfastenings, R R, are pressed inward, so as'to permit of the tubes H Hsliding downward on the rods E E. hen the gallery has reached its fullylowered position the slots H H in the sliding tubes H H come oppositethe lower catches, Q Q, of the spring'fastenings, which catches snapinto the said slots and fix the gallery in its lowered position, as seenin Figs. 5 and 6.

The arrangements, Figs. 4, 5, and 6, may be modified so that the raisingand lowering of the gallery (J may be made to raise and lower the burnerD. In this modification the rods or tubes E E are prolonged downward,and are fixedto the mount B instead of to the burner, and tubes on theburner D are made to slide on the rods E E. The burner D and gallery 0can be temporarily connected together either by hook-fastenings or bybolt or other fastenings. When the hooks on the burner are disconnectedfrom the gallery, or the bolt or other fastenings'are withdrawn from thegallery, the said gallery may be raised and lowered independently of theburner. When, however, it is desired to till the oil-reservoir A, theburner and gallery are temporarily secured together by the hook or otherfastenings. By now releasing the gallery the said gallery and the burnermay be raised together and supported in their raised positions by thespring-fastenings R It in the a manner before described. When thisarrangement for raising the burner is employed the sliding and fixingrods F F on the under side ofthe burner, and the springfastenin gs connected therewith,(represented in Figs. 1,2, and 3,) maybe dispensedwith. The burner and gallery in the arrangement represented in Figs. 1,2, and 3 may be modified and booked and bolted together in the mannerdescribed with respect to Figs. 4:, 5, and 6, and the combined galleryand burner raised and lowered simultaneously when desired.

Having now described the nature of my invention and the manner in whichthe same is to be operated, I wish it to be understood that 6 I claim asmy invention of improvements in lamps for burning light or volatileoils 1. In a lamp, the combination, with the burner, ofthe slidinggallery supported on rods outside of and supported by said burner,substantially as described.

2. In a lamp, the combination of the sliding burner and the slidinggallery supported on rods outside said burner, the latter being alsoprovided with rods for supporting it in its 7 raised position,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the body of the lamp, of the sliding burner,rods connected therewith moving in fixed guide-tubes,catches engagingshoulders on said rods, the sliding gallery provided with guide-tubesthat move over rods fixed on the burner,and spring-catches for fasteningsaid gallery in its raised or lowcred position, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination, with the vertical rods and guide-tubes, of thedoublespring-catch having two acting ends, one of which acts to supportthe tubes and parts connected there- .with in. their raised position andthe other to fasten the same in their lowered position, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a lamp,the combination, with the fixed rods external to the lamp,of the sliding gallery and sliding burner detachably connected,

so'that the raising of said'gallery raises the burner also,substantially as described.

JOSEPH HlNKS. [L. s]

Witnesses:

RICHARD SKERRETT, ARTHUR J OHN POWELL.

